This week marks the week of Thanksgiving in the US, and I—as an American—have thought long and hard about what monster to use to mark…
Month: November 2015
Well, well! We’re now officially over two thirds of the way done with November. For those of you who are participating in NaNoWriMo, that means—theoretically—you should…
Chances are, when you see a sphinx, it’s going to ask you a riddle. Chances are, if you get it wrong, it’ll bite your head…
Have you ever wondered why Siri is a woman? Well, she’s not a woman, of course. She—it—is a computer program, a so-called artificial intelligence that couldn’t…
Okay, NaNoWriMers! Er, sorry, Wrimos. (Are speedy November poets called NaNoRhymers?) It’s November 8th, officially the start of week two! How are you doing? What’s your…
Yes, really. If you’ve ever played Dungeons & Dragons, you might be familiar with the noble tradition of “A wizard got drunk one night and….”…